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Conference Carolinas Destiny Unveiled for King Soccer

Oct 29, 2011

BRISTOL, Tenn. – Conference Carolinas
has released the official pairing for the 2011 Men’s and
Women’s Soccer Tournaments. After all is said and done, the
Tornado men’s soccer team will play Lees-McRae in Banner Elk,
N.C. on Tuesday, Nov. 1 while the Lady Tornado will play Limestone
on Monday, Oct. 31.

The King men’s team ended the season in seventh place in
the overall league standings with a 5-5-1 conference record. All
five of the team’s wins came against Conference Carolinas
opponents. Five of the six West Division teams made the conference
tournament, King being the last to do so, while only three teams
from the East advanced. Queens (N.C.) squeaked in via a tiebreaker
held over Mount Olive and Pfeiffer for the eighth and final spot in
the tournament.

Atop the men’s standings and holding the no. 1 seed is
Coker College, who finished the year 14-2, 9-1 overall. Coker
currently is ranked fifth in the region and will host eight-seed
Queens. Following the Lees-McRae (2) and King (7) game is the 3/6
game where Barton (11-6, 7-4) will host Erskine (9-7-1, 6-5).
Finally, four-seed Limestone (11-6, 7-4) will host six-seed North
Greenville (8-7, 6-5).

On the women’s side of the ball, the final piece of the
puzzle was put into place after King’s win to Converse
Saturday night. The Lady Tornado will now play at Limestone as the
five seed in the tournament in Gaffney, S.C. They will play the
Saints on Monday, Oct. 31 at 2:00 p.m.

Lees-McRae won the regular season crown and will serve as the
no. 1 seed, hosting no. 8 Erskine. Belmont Abbey (3) will host
Queens (6) while No. 7 Pfeiffer will go to Mount Olive to play the
second seeded Trojans.

The Tornado men’s squad defeated the Bobcats, 4-3, when
the two teams played at Parks Field earlier this season. At the
time, Lees-McRae was ranked fourth in the Southeast region. The
Bobcats are now ranked fifth behind Mars Hill, who King lost two on
Saturday night. In that win over Lees-McRae, Tom Winspear booted
three goals for one of his two hat tricks of the season and Patrick
Milfeld made nine saves.

The Lady Tornado fell to the Saints 5-0 in their meeting on
Sept. 10, but the team has made significant strides to improve as a
team. Since that loss, King has gone 7-3-1 and outscored their
opponent 26-9. They have blanked their opponent five times (4-0-1)
and have only been shut out twice (0-1-1) since their last meeting.
They are currently on a three-match win streak and are 4-1 in their
last five road games this season heading into the quarterfinal game
against the Saints.

Complete coverage of both Conference Carolinas soccer
tournaments can be found through the conference website, or by clicking here to access the Fall Championships
Tournament Central page.

Follow Tornado Soccer all throughout the Fall Championship
period and beyond on www.KingTornado.com. Live stats
and video will be provided by the host school, if available.